January 2009
7 posts
Marvin Gaye, “When Did You Stop Loving Me,...
John Updike is dead. →
A master of sentences, paragraphs, tone and pacing for decades. He was, at times, so fucking good that I would throw his books across the room with envy. As the years went on, critics complained of his exceedingly autobiographical protagonists: his narrators’ airs of pretension, their unfortunately-timed white male chauvinism, and their despair of death in small New England towns. Even David...
WikiSmackdown. →
I found out from Pitchfork that David Berman has decided to break up The Silver Jews, a band that I’ve listened to for the last 15 years. Their sold out inside-a-cave show in Tennessee next weekend at Bluegrass Underground is supposed to be their last.
The announcement came with a revelation that Berman’s estranged father is Richard Berman, a famous Washington lobbyist. David’s...
I planned an elaborate 15-day vacation...
…which included stop-overs in and drivebys through more than 25 states. It’s been postponed. Why? Because this brand-spanking-new-administrationed country of ours is fucking cold, that’s why.
I went on Travelocity a few days ago to check prices for a few warm-weather destinations, my itinerary set, my bags imaginarily packed. I discovered round-trip flights to Honolulu are $400....
brianquinn:
Amiri Baraka - “Play That”
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Atheist Bus. →
More at the GuardianUK site, which sent me here.